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6 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2004 Project focuses on uniting sororities Events included service, dinners BY ALLISON PARKER STAFF WRITER Sister Sorority Week, a series of events designed to promote unity within the UNC Panhellenic sororities, culminated Tuesday night with a grand chapter meet ing. “The goal of the project is to create a sense of unity among the nine sororities and to celebrate that unity,” said Lia Andrews, co chairwoman and co-founder of the Sister Sorority Project. At the grand chapter meeting, only the second of its kind in recent history, speakers empha sized the need to unify the entire Panhellenic system. “We need to come together,” Andrews said. “We have negative stereotypes on campus.” Two Panhellenic sororities, Delta Zeta and Phi Mu, were forced to close their houses in recent years because of declining membership. Speakers at the chapter meeting stressed the importance of involv ing sorority members from the entire Panhellenic community, which could prevent more sorori ties from being forced to close then houses. “It should be less about what particular house you end up join- Want, 1 I —~to learn about U s organ L donation? Wednesday, April 14th K)um- 4pm, The Pit Tree tood &. door prices Life Takes _ guts Sponsored by Carolinu Donor Services, the APPLES Service-Learning Program Office, uixj the UMC Kenan-f lugler Business School It's Clinique Bonus Time at Dillard's! ft Yours free with any 19.50 fit P H i or more Clinique purchase f|| "mmmSß&mm ££ Star Performer: One Month Supply ?' I CLINIQUE W ■■ of Rinse-Off Eye Makeup Solvent • Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion Ilf"" % * Uper^a ' m T' ntec * Lip Treatment in Raspberry Tint BiPP j| One gift per person, please, while supplies last. 100% Fragrance Free. K ifl B 9jPß| 1 & 9 DTH/JUSTIN SMITH Kit Maclean (left to right) of Chi Omega, Elizabeth Byrd of Kappa Delta and Courtney Sigmon of Sigma Sigma Sigma recite the Panhellenic creed Tuesday night at the Grand Chapter Meeting in Koury Auditorium. ing and more about the Panhellenic community as a whole,” said Elizabeth Hill, the project’s other chairwoman and founder. The week’s events, which began April 5 and ended Tuesday, were designed to unite the nine sorori ties. As part of the project, the soror ities were divided into groups of three and participated in a variety of events together. The events included a progres sive dinner, in which sorority members were able to get to know each other. “The girls went from house to From Page One house, learning about each other’s chapters,” Hill said. Other activities included service projects that allowed the sororities to participate with groups outside the Panhellenic system, including organizations such as ROTC and Theta Nu Xi multicultural sorority. “It’s a good opportunity to get to know other girls, do good for the community and have fun,” Hill said. During Sister Sorority Week, the sororities held a service day in which they raised SI,OOO for Habitat for Humanity. A Web site still under construc tion, http://www.sistersorority.com, RED LIGHT FROM PAGE 1 $16,000 to $17,000 in fees were collected, most of which must be paid to ACS, Neppalli said. But the town and ACS have not agreed on how much the town owes. The conflict springs from how much the town owes the com pany as a termination fee. In its contract with ACS, the town agreed to pay to the company lA/hatdo / alout... / Lnoiv one day I lit ant to s t&nf a jajruty... / not ye t. • Birth Control • Pregnancy Testing p9|^r • Abortion By Pill . ' • surgical Abortion • Conscious sedation • STD/HiV Testing www.plannedparenthood.org/ppcfic was created this semester to pro mote the project nationwide. “A couple of other sororities have similar programs, but they aren’t as full blown,” Andrews said. “We’re the first to actually make a plan, permanent and laid out.” Andrews said she hopes the Sister Sorority Project will contin ue every semester. “This project is here permanent ly,” she said. “We were very pleased with the results and are hoping for greater participation next semester.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. 60 percent of the amount collected from citations issued during the 30 days after the council requested the contract to be terminated. The town was required to give the company 30 days’ notice before expecting the cameras to cease operation, but the company shut off the cameras immediately after receiving the council’s request to end the contract Jan. 29. The town is unsure how the company plans to estimate the amount of money it would have collected from citations during those 30 days. Town staff expect to receive a proposal from ACS in the next few weeks. To date, the company has installed more than 650 red light cameras in 55 locations in the United States and Canada, said Joe Barrett, director of communi cations for ACS. Chapel Hill’s contract with ACS allowed for the installation of as many as 10 red light cameras. The company only installed cameras in three locations, one on Airport Road and two along U.S. 15-501, before the town ended the contract Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. PETITION FROM PAGE 1 The ultimate goal for everyone is to increase the minimum TA salary at the University, but that will take more time than some would like, Shelton said. “Everyone is of a mind,” Shelton said. “We need to use a portion of tuition increases for TA salaries.” Also included in the task force’s report was a comparison of UNC’s SURPLUS FROM PAGE 1 more than positive indicators of economic health. Corporate tax revenue only accounts for about 6 percent of the state’s total tax revenue, Crotts said. He warned that monthly figures of corporate tax revenue are very volatile and difficult to predict due to depreciation practices and other complicated accounting principles that companies employ. Crotts added that job growth and consumer spending are far better measurements of the state’s PRESIDENT FROM PAGE 1 “My mama even teases me about riding in the car with him because he’s always on the phone talking to somebody.” BOG member Ben Ruffin said that Ducote has gotten the hang of the push-and-pull that it takes for the student member to deal with the board. “He’s conducted himself not like a student representative, but like a ... full Board of Governors mem ber,” Ruffin said. “He has advocated for the stu dents without compromise, but doing it in dignity and knowing how to work the board, knowing how to talk to the board mem bers.” Victor Landry, the ASG’s senior vice president who ran on a ticket with Ducote in last April’s ASG election, said Ducote ultimately just got people to take him seri ously. “I think that Jonathan con vinced somebody a long time ago ... that he knew what he was talk ing about,” Landry said. “(BOG members) were able to come to Jonathan as, number one, an intel ligent person; number two, as an adult, not some kid.” ASG progress The defining feature of Ducote’s tenure is the ASG fee. A main goal of Ducote’s predecessor, Andrew Payne, the dollar collected from each full-time student was intend ed to cover travel expenses for ASG members who attend meetings throughout the state. atrr latttj (Bor Hrrl TA stipends with those of 17 peer institutions. Out of the 18 institu tions, UNC-Chapel Hill ranks 15th, behind N.C. State University, which ranks sth. “UNC is losing grad students to other institutions that simply pay better,” Bostrom said. “It is hurting the University as a whole.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. economic health. Unfortunately, he said, job growth this year will continue to be fairly sluggish. Crotts predicted job growth of 2 percent to 3 percent, a figure that is lower than expected given an economy that’s trying to bounce back. A gain of 4 percent to 6 per cent usually would be expected. “Corporate profits don’t measure the economy directly” he said. “But it is a healthy sign because it could mean that employers may begin rehiring and increasing their capi tal investment” ‘ Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. “I don't really think there's any power in this whole ASG business. It's all about advocacy.” JONATHAN DUCOTE, ASG PRESIDENT It also went to hire a full-time staff to cut down on the amount of paperwork the ASG’s officers have to handle. But Ducote said that during his term, the fee also has been used to put student voices into the debate on issues affecting the system. “We had a lot more students come up and be engaged in the association,” he said. “It’s not always me up here (in the office) at two or three in the morning. You’ve got two or three people working here with me.” Ducote said the increased num ber of voices has had a forum in which to be heard during his two years in office. Many credit the ASG with effec tively getting Gov. Mike Easley involved in this year’s tuition debate. Hannah Gage, vice chair woman of the BOG’s Budget and Finance Committee, said the ASG’s Personal Stories project probably will be used to influence policy-makers for years to come. The book contains 800 stories of UNC-system students, parents, professors and others who said they were affected negatively by recent budget cuts and tuition hikes. Gage said the book played a big part in the board’s decision to shrink the tuition increase pro posals presented earlier this year. Ducote and other ASG members credit it with drawing Easley into the debate. “I think one of the reasons we didn’t grant the requests that the 16 campuses had put forth had a great deal to do with the effort that Jonathan put forth to communi cate to us what this means for stu dents,” Gage said. Educating student leaders Ducote said that midway through his time as ASG presi dent, he made a shift. Student leaders at UNC-system schools said that they didn’t think he was involving them adequately and that they didn’t understand the rationale of the BOG’s actions. On top of that, there were dif ferences between individual schools that needed to be ironed out. “One of the most difficult parts is managing and coordinating and getting all the student body presi dents on the same page,” former ASG President Andrew Payne said. “The advice that I would give the next person is that you’ve got to respect where the (student body) presidents are coming from.” Ducote said he realized this problem and decided to give stu dent body presidents as much information as he could. “It’s not me hoarding all of the information,” Ducote said. “I fig ured that the only way the associ ation was really going to grow was if they knew as much if not more than what the BOG knew about the university.” And, sitting on his cell phone in his office after it’s closed for the day, that’s what Ducote talks about: continuing to empower students. He said he learned that in order to grow, the ASG has to continue to “show people what they can do.” “I’m not sure if that’s so much power. I don’t really think there’s any power in this whole ASG busi ness. It’s all about advocacy. We’re advocating for something here, and to really advocate for things, you have to understand where people are coming from.” Contact the State £sf National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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